Problem with mdi child forms

[SpeedJunkie]

Hi,
I have 2 child forms. User can maximize one child form and he's not allowed to maximize the second child form.
Now i am facing a problem, when one child form is already open and is in maximized state the form which user is not allowed to maximized is also getting opened in maximized state.

I have tried opening the 2nd form by setting the form window state to normal but to no avail.

[Plater]

Does supplying a maximumsize to the child form that shouldn't be maximized help?

Have you tried handling the form resize events?
I think you can check to see if the form is being "maximized" and prevent the event from happening?

[SpeedJunkie]

My problem is something else.
I have 2 forms in my application say Form1 and Form2.
User can not maximize Form2 and i have made formborderstyle as FixedDialog.
Now let's say user has opens form1 and maximizes it, now when he opens form 2 it also opens in maximized state.I don't want to let this happen. I want that the Form2 should open in size that i specified in the design time.
I hope I making some sense.

[Plater]

Hmm I have never run into this problem with non mdi-forms. My forms open up at the correct size.
Is there a reason you have made them MDI children and not just opened them?
Maybe you can get away with non-mdi forms?
Pretty sure its a property of being an MDI child to take on similar behavior as a previous child. Like the way ms office product work. If you use ctrl+tab to cycle through children. If one child is "maximized" , regardless of the previous states of the other children, the next child will also be maximized.

[SpeedJunkie]

Thnx for your reply Plater...
Yes you are right there, if the forms are not mdiChild you would not face this problem.
I don't want to make my forms non mdiChild 'coz then they show independent of the main form.
Right now, as a temp fix when i open Form two i check if active child is maximized if yes then i make the window state as normal and then open Form 2. But then this does not look very good to users as Form1 resizes and looks kinda irritating to user.
I was wondering if there is any way that Form1 stays maximized and Form2 is in the normal size.....

[Plater]

Pretty sure there isn't as long as they are both children of the same parent.

[SpeedJunkie]

Thnx anyway Plater....